Legal guides
Practical guides to Dutch law, arranged by area of law: from employment and corporate law to family law, immigration, criminal law and real estate. Written by the lawyers of Law & More in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.
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Copying general terms and conditions: the legal risks in the Netherlands
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky under Dutch law on three separate grounds: copyright, unlawful act and the validity of the terms themselves. The exception is short standard phrasing, which is too generic for copyright
Attachment of shares (beslag op aandelen) is the seizure of registered shares in a Dutch
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The Dutch police may use force, but only when the aim justifies it, when there
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After a serious traffic accident, the punishment depends mainly on two things: the degree of
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You usually cannot move a regulated rental home to the private sector during an ongoing
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A Dutch employer cannot make a purely social office party compulsory. The right to give
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Carrying or keeping cash is not illegal in the Netherlands, but the police and customs
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Legal professional privilege (verschoningsrecht) continues to protect what a client tells a lawyer, even when
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The North Atlantic Treaty, also called the NATO Treaty or the Washington Treaty, obliges each
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A process agreement (procesafspraak) is an arrangement between the Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM)
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No, spousal maintenance (partneralimentatie) does not automatically end when you or your former partner reach
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In a Dutch collective dismissal you can negotiate an individual arrangement that departs from the
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